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  • Abdul Razak Al-Sayigh

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2081 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6850
  • Email: alsayigh@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Paleontology(Micro and Macro, Biostratigrapher)
  • Education: Ph.D. (University of Wales, 1999, UK)
  • Supervsion: Yes,with approval from college

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  • Abdullah Ali Said Al Fahdi

  • Title: Technician
  • Office No. 0080 (Ground Floor, Extension Building)
  • Ext. 6816
  • Email: fahdi@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Technician at ERS and have PhD in carbonate rocks
  • Education: Ph.D (2025, SQU, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Amani Humaid Al-Abri

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6840
  • Email: amaniabri@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Geomorphology / AI / Remote Sensing
  • Education: PhD. (Boston University, 2021, USA)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Amrou Mohammed Al-Alawi

  • Title: Lecturer
  • Office No. 2067 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6846
  • Email: a.alalawi8@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Geo-Energy
  • Education: MS.c (SQU, 2023, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Anas Hamood Al-Rashdi

  • Title: Technician
  • Office No. 0046 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
  • Ext. 2232
  • Email: a.alrashdi3@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Thin Section
  • Education: BS.c (2019, SQU, Oman)
  • Supervsion: NO

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  • Andreas Scharf

  • Title: Professor
  • Office No. 2051 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6835
  • Email: scharfa@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Structural Geology/Tectonics, Geology of Oman
  • Education: Ph.D. (Freie University Berlin, 2013, Germany)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Bader Al-Shaqsi

  • Title: Department Superintendent
  • Office No. 2056 (2nd Floor- Extension Building)
  • Ext. 6836
  • Email: alshaqsi82@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: TDEM, Resistivity, GPR Differential GPS
  • Education: BS.c (2005, SQU, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Bader Al-Waili

  • Title: Technician
  • Office No. 0086 (Ground Floor, Extension Building)
  • Ext. 6814
  • Email: baderw@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Thin Section
  • Education: BS.c (2009, SQU, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Behzad Mehrabi

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2054 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6838
  • Email: b.mehrabi@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Exploration and Mining Geology
  • Education: Ph.D. (Leeds University UK, 1997, UK)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Hamdan Al-Zidi

  • Title: Technician
  • Office No. 0017 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
  • Ext. 2209
  • Email: zidi@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Thin Section
  • Education: BS.c (1999, SQU, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Hilal Said Al-Zeidi

  • Title: Chief Technician, (PhD, Part- Time Student)
  • Office No. 0021 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
  • Ext. 2284
  • Email: hilalz@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Environmental Geology
  • Education: MS.c (SQU, 2009, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Iftikhar Ahmed

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2055 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6839
  • Email: iftikhar@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Sedimentology, Structural Geology,
  • Education: Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, 1989, UK)
  • Supervsion:  Yes, with approval from college

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  • Khalil Juma Al-Hooti

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 2065 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6837
  • Email: hooti@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Seismic, Microseismic
  • Education: 
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Mohamed El-Ghali

  • Title: Professor, Head of Department
  • Office No. 2046 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6833
  • Email: melghali@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Sedimentary Geology, Petroleum Geology, GeoEnergy, GeoStorage
  • Education: Ph.D. (Uppsala University, 2005, Sweden)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Mohamed Moustafa

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 2048 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6849
  • Email: m.moustafa@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Carbonate Sedimentology, Diagenesis, and chemostratigraphy
  • Education: Ph.D. (Texas A&M University, 2015, USA)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Mohammed Al-Nadabi

  • Title: Technician
  • Office No. 0044 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
  • Ext. 1497
  • Email: mohammeds@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Laboratory Management, Thin Section
  • Education: BS.c (2013, SQU, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Mohammed Farfour

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2069 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6848
  • Email: mfarfour@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Reservoir Geophysics-Seismic data interpretation
  • Education: Ph.D. (Chonnam National University, 2013, South Korea)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Muhammad Qasim

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 2053 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6845
  • Email: m.qasim@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Structural Geology & Tectonics
  • Education: Ph.D. (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016, China)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Muhammad Younis Khan

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 2064 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6844
  • Email: m.khan1@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Geophysics
  • Education: Ph.D. (China, 2018, China)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Musaab Shakir Al Sarmi

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 2062 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6843
  • Email: musaabs@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis, Palaeomarine redox, End-Permian mass extinction, Chemostratigraphy (e.g. Carbon isotopes), Sequence Stratigraphy & Marine Palaeoenvironments
  • Education: Ph.D. (The University of Edinburgh, 2025, Edinburgh, Scotland).
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Osman Abdalla

  • Title: Professor
  • Office No. 2074 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6852
  • Email: osman@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Hydrogeology
  • Education: Ph.D. (Technical University Berlin, 2000, Germany)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Rifaat M Abdalla

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2075 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6847
  • Email: rabdalla@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Geomatics
  • Education: Ph.D. (York University, 2006, Canada)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Said Mohsin Al-Abri

  • Title: Technician
  • Office No. 0079 (Ground Floor, Extension Building)
  • Ext. 6813
  • Email: Said.m@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Seismic, Magnetic, Gravity, VLF
  • Education: BS.c (2012, SQU, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Salah Al-Khirbash

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2070 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6832
  • Email: khirbash@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Economic Geology/Geochemistry
  • Education: Ph.D. (Nebraska-Lincoln University, 1987, USA)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Shahira G. Al-Balushi

  • Title: Department Coordinator
  • Office No. 2050 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6834
  • Email: shahirak@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: 
  • Education: Diploma (Higher College of Technology, 1998, Oman)
  • Supervsion: No

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  • Sobhi Nasir

  • Title: Professor
  • Office No. 2060 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
  • Ext. 6841
  • Email: sobhi@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Mineralogy, Petrology
  • Education: Ph.D. ( Würzburg University, 1985, Germany)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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  • Talal K. Al-Hosni

  • Title: Associate Professor, College Dean
  • Office No. 2046 (2nd Floor- North Building), 0102 (College Admin)
  • Ext. 1400
  • Email: hosni@squ.edu.om
  • Field of Interest: Environmental Geology
  • Education: Ph.D. (University of Melbourne, 2007, Australia)
  • Supervsion: Yes, with approval from college

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